Paymaster Director-General (Royal Navy)

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The Paymaster Director-General was both an office and a rank at various times in the Royal Navy. On 6 March, 1918, Paymaster-in-Chief John H. G. Chapple was appointed Paymaster Director-General in the Second Sea Lord's office with the relative rank of Rear-Admiral.[1] From 3 October his successor, Acting Paymaster-in-Chief William M. C. B. Whyte, was given the rank and style of Paymaster Rear-Admiral.[2] This was given legal effect by Order in Council of 8 November.[3] On 20 December, 1919, the post of Paymaster Director-General with the rank of Paymaster Rear-Admiral was formally sanctioned, with retroactive effect from 6 March, 1918.[4]

Paymaster Directors-General

Footnotes

  1. Chapple service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/80/78.
  2. C.W. 34315. The National Archives. ADM 1/8543/297.
  3. The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. XII. p. 422.
  4. The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. XII. p. 782.
  5. Chapple service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/80/78.
  6. Whyte service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/81/224.

Bibliography

  • The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. XII. London: For His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1926.